Blank or stock register for printing-presses.



No. 742,641. BATENTED OCT. 27,1903; 0. G. HARRIS. BLANK 0R STOCK REGISTERPOR PRINTING PRESSES.

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'No.'742,641. 'PAT-ENTED OCT; 27, 1903.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES GRANT HARRIS, OF NILES, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE HARRIS AUTOMATIC PRESS COMPANY, OF NILES, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

BLANK OR STOCK REGISTER FOR PRlNTlNG-PRESSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,641, dated October 27, 1903. Application filed May 29. 1902. Serial No. 109,527. (No model.)

To ll whom it m y OOYWWW' engagement of the gripper with the advanced Be it known that 1, CHARLES GRANT HAR- edge of the stock-blank.

BIS, of Niles, in the county of Trumbull and 7 7 designate two forward stops with which State of Ohio, have invented certain new and the stock engages for the forward register.

5 useful Improvements in Blank or Stock Reg- They are preferably in the form of small isters for Printing-Presses; and I do hereby blocks having their inner edges curved or declare the following to be a full, clear, and rounded, so that when either tapered edge of exact description of the invention, such as will an envelop-blank flap contacts with a rounded enable others skilled in the art to which it apedge the blank may still travel forward to 10 pertains to make and use the same. proper register, its progress being arrested The object of this invention is to provide only when the straight edges at the inner simple and highly efiicient means for insurtermination of the flap register with the flat ing the proper register of stock, such as en.- faces of the stops. These stops are located velop-blanks, preliminary to being taken up .in slotted plates 8, over which the stock trav- 15 by the impressioncylinder of a printingels, andare mounted on the forward ends of press. arms 9, carried by a rock -shaft 10, which A further object is to provide improved shaft is intermittently partially rotated to means for contactingwith or holding the stock raise and lower the stops above and below to a proper registered position, such means the plane of plates 8 by a cam 12, engaging 20 allowing the stock to be easily moved in any an arm 13, connected by a link 14 to shaft 10.

necessary direction in effecting the register The lowering of the stops allows the stock to at every point. pass thereover as it is taken up by the im- The invention will be hereinafter fully set pression-cylinder. forth and particularly pointed out in the 15 15 designate the blank or stock holders,

2 5 claims. consisting each of a ball 16, loosely mounted In the accompanying drawings, Figurelis in an opening of an arm 17, adjustably seaviewin perspective with parts broken away, cured on a cross-rod 18, the ball being deshowing myimproved registering mechanism. signed to bear slightly against the upper Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view flight of the endless belt, over which it is 10- 0 of one of the paper-holders. Fig. 3 is a side cated. These balls rest upon two belts in close 5 elevation. Fig. 4 shows one of the stops. proximity to the forward stops and contact Fig. 5 shows the holding finger enlarged. with the stock as it is being moved to register Fig. 6 is a diagrammatioal view with parts and until entirely withdrawn by the grippers. broken away. They are held in place in the forward ap- 35 Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a proximately horizontal portions of the arms conveyer composed of a series of endless belts 17 by removable plates 19, formed with openpassed over rollers 2, their upper flights travin gs opposite to and corresponding with those eling forward and downward for conveying in the arms, the balls projecting a slight disthe stock forward to a point to be taken up tance through said openings. These balls,

40 by the gripper of the printing-press impreswhile bodily held in one position, are thusfree sion-cylinder. (Not shown.) At the center to rotate in any direction by the movement of go of the forward end of the conveyor, intermethe stock with which they are in contactdiate two of the belts, is a plate 3, upon which that is to say, while the balls hold the stock the stock is designed to rest prior to being down to the belts they at the same time allow 45 engaged by the gripper, it being held down of a limited rebound in the forward feeding to such plate by spring-fingers 4:, adjustably thereof and an immediate return with the secured to a rock-shaft 5, actuated by a cam belts, as well as a side movement or a diago- (3 to lower the fingers into engagement with nal movement forward and to one side-to efthe stock just prior to and during the time of feet a proper register,'the stock itself having the tendency to register with both the forward stops. To positively insure proper register, I provide a side registering device, which is shown as consisting of a lug or post 20, extending from a plate 21, adjustably secured to a cross-rod 22, extended transversely of and preferably between the flights of the belts. A lever 23, connected at one end to this crossrod, is engaged at its other end by acam 24, the action of which is to move the luginward, so as to engage the edge ofthe stock and shift the latter laterally to proper register, the forward movement being given thereto by the belt.

In practice the stock, such as envelopblanks, is fed onto the endless belts by any suitable means or by hand, one sheet or blank at a time being carried forward into engagement with the forward stops. 'If the engagement is with but one stop,'or even though' there be but an imperfect engagement with either, the stock will be held against the belts by one or both of the balls 16, while its further conveying to proper register is accomplished. The side registering device acts on the stock if it be within the range of travel of lug 20. As the'stock is properly positioned over the plate 3 the spring-fingers 4 are lowered to retain it untilgrasped by the gripper, whereupon the fingers will be raised and the stops 7 lowered out of the Way.

The advantages of my invention are apparent to those skilled in the art. The quick and accurate register of the blanks or other stock is rendered possible by the universallymovable bearings or contacts, which allow the stock to be moved transversely as well as forwardly and'in both directions at the same time, oifering no obstacle to its travel to proper register, no matter in which direction it may be moved. Independently of the side registering device the stock will, if the blanks be all of exactly the same size, readily travel in a proper register by being held down to the belts by the balls. The curvature of the inner ends of the forward stops insures the proper engagement of envelopblanks with such stops, even Without the aid or cooperation of the side registering device.

I claim as my invention 1. An envelop-blankeregistering device comprising a series of endless belts, forward stops having inner opposite rounded edges,

for the purpose stated, and means for hold- Y ing the blanks to the belts While being moved to register with said stops, as set forth.

2. An envelop-blank-registering device, comprising a series of endless belts, forward stops having inner opposite rounded edges, for the purpose stated, and contacts for bolding the blanks to the belts having each a loosely-mounted ball, said contacts being located near said stops and designed to engage the stock while it is being moved to register, as set forth.

3. The combination with the conveyer, forward stops having inner opposite rounded edges, and means for retracting the steps, of means for bearing down on the stock, contacts having loosely-mounted balls for holding the stock to the conveyer while it is being moved to register, a side registering de-- vice, and means for operating the same, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the conveyer, the forward stops having rounded edges, and means for retracting the stops, of contacts having loosely-mounted balls for holding the stock to the conveyer while it is being moved to register, a transversely movable rod, means for actuating the same, a plate having an upright lug, and means for adjustably holding said plate to said rod, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES GRANT HARRIS.

Witnesses:

J. R. GILBERT, F. G. ALLEN. 

